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Many people (including students of sociology) often wonder about the relevance of social sciences (especially sociology) to health issues. In general, it is often a challenge to discuss the nexus between social science and health. Why medical sociology? What does sociology have to do with medicine or health? This chapter aims to answer these questions.
Amzat, Jimoh, Razum, Oliver
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Sociological research on medicine was initially conducted by locating physicians as the key decision-makers on health-related issues. This approach, which was furnished by the assumptions of the postwar sociology of professions, has led to a medical ...
Anıl Mühürdaroğlu
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Connecting a sociology of childhood perspective with the study of child health, illness and wellbeing: introduction. [PDF]
In the last decades we have seen a growing interest in research into children's own experiences and understandings of health and illness. This development, we would argue, is much stimulated by the sociology of childhood which has drawn our attention to ...
Geraldine Brady +2 more
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Resistance in Unjust Times: Archer, Structured Agency and the Sociology of Health Inequalities [PDF]
Few sociologists dissent from the notion that the mid- to late 1970s witnessed a shift in capitalism’s modus operandi. Its association with a rapid increase of social and material inequality is beyond dispute. This article opens with a brief summation of
G. Scambler
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Mapping the Intellectual Structure of Medical Sociology: A Co-Word Analysis
Background: Medical sociology is concerned with the relationship between social factors and health, and with the application of sociological theory and research techniques to questions related to health and the health care system.
Azam Rohani, Fatemeh Makkizadeh
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In this editorial introduction, we explore how digital health is being explored at the intersection of sociology of health and science and technology studies (STS).
F. Henwood, Benjamin Marent
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From waste product to blood, brains and narratives : developing a pluralist sociology of contributions to health research [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to examine the meaning of the concept of donation in health research. Drawing on a set of narrative interviews with people invited to donate biosamples for research and a range of other studies, we identify several conceptual ...
Machin, Laura +6 more
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Este artigo analisa a história do curso de ciências sociais aplicadas à medicina ministrado na Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), durante 25 anos (1965-90).
Everardo Duarte Nunes
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This paper comes from a field experience in the domain of socio-anthropology of health. It aims to consider the treatment of atypical empirical materials, as categorized by social scientists and/or field actors.
Lise Dassieu
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Tren penelitian sosiologi pendidikan menggunakan analisis bibliometrik
Research on the sociology of education was carried out because it was driven by the need to understand how education influences and is influenced by social factors, and how to improve the education system so that it can provide fair and equitable ...
Arbi Arbi +11 more
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